Kelpie
c. 1700 CE – 2026 CEattested
Scottish Highlands
- Celtic
A water horse that offers children a ride and then cannot be let go of. Almost every deep loch in Scotland has one, and the story is plainly about drowning.
Known for
- water horse
- adhesive skin
- a warning about deep water
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.